to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
posture; position; pose; attitude
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
amount of money; sum of money
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
very short and stout; small but quite wide around
lidded; covered; container with a lid
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
siblings; brothers and sisters
loving something but being very bad at it
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
muttering voice; murmuring voice
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
equality; impartiality; evenness
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded